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U.S. Department of Labor's employment situation report came and went, with the numbers almost dead on with estimates.
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Based on recent government numbers, 9.6% of black Americans and 18.5% of people 16 to 19 years old were unemployed.
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As U.S. unemployment falls toward 5% and the economy adds close to 200,000 jobs a month, the recovery remains extremely uneven, with two states at or above 7%.
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In May, initial weekly jobless claims bottomed out at 266,500. Not only is this the lowest number since the recession, it is the lowest number since April 2000.
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ThinkstockThe Labor Department data which show that wages and benefits only grew .2% in the June quarter, served as a reminder of the struggle Americans have to make to simply keep pace with the cost...
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The U.S. Labor Department has released a solid weekly jobless claims report for the week ending July 18.
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ThinkstockThe national unemployment rate for June was 5.3%, essentially unchanged from May. And the lowest unemployment rate in the country was less than half that, 2.6% in Nebraska. No other state...
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By 2020, as many as 800,000 minimum wage workers in the city of Los Angeles will be earning $15 an hour.
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A coalition of 17 companies announced Monday morning a job creation program called the 100,000 Opportunities Alliance.
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This past week brought an unusual rise in weekly jobless claims. It is very possible that the July 4 holiday week had an impact here.
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The United States had more than 5 million job openings on the last business day of May, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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The ranks of the long-term unemployed were 2.1 million in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That stands at over a quarter of all unemployed people.
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Unemployment rates in two American cities are closer to the jobless rate of Greece than that of the United States.
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A new diversity report from Facebook shows that only 1% of its tech workers are black, but the company plans to bring balance to its workforce.
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The U.S. economy has added enough workers since unemployment hit 10% at the depths of the recession that the national jobless rate has moved down to 5.5%. The recovery has been fairly even,...
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